GOLD OF PLEASURE. — CAMELINA SATIVA. 



Packages of seed of the above 

 plant having been distributed from 

 the Patent Office, and having had 

 numerous inquiries respecting its 

 nature and use, we may state that 

 it is cultivated for its seeds, which 

 yield oil of a useful nature, either 

 for purposes of illumination, lubri- 

 cating machinery, or mixing with 

 paints. The cake formed after 

 extraction has also been found 

 highly nutritious in the fattening 

 of oxen and sheep. 



It appears, from statements that 

 have been made, that 10 lbs. of 

 seed are required to an acre of 

 land, which will produce, under 

 favorable circumstances, 40 bushels. 

 Eight bushels weighed 448 lbs., 

 and gave 112 lbs. of oil, and 336 

 lbs. of cake. Thus it appears that 

 an acre will produce 560 lbs. of 

 oil, and 1,680 lbs. of oil-cake. 



It will flourish on poor soils, 

 unfit for ordinary grain crops, and 

 stands drought well. The seed is 

 ripe as soon as the pods change 

 from a green to a gold color, and 

 should be cut before over matured. 

 It may be worthy of trial ; the 

 illustration will give an idea of the 

 plant, which is annual. It requires 

 similar treatment to buckweat. 



GRAPES AND WINE. 



REMARKS ON THE GRAPE DISEASE OF EUROPE. 

 BY J. P. ALLEN, OF SALEM, ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. 



A FEW years since, the " mildew," a parasitic fungus, made its appearance upon 

 the grape-vines of Madeira, and has since been extending itself over the vineyards 

 of Europe, upon which I propose to make the following remarks, having given 

 much attention to grape culture, and investigated, as well as I was able to do, the 

 diseases to which the vine was subject in the United States. I felt sure, after 

 reading the first printed descriptions of the evil, that it would prove to be the 



